Latch for hospital doors and the like



Aug. 28, 1945. H. GQVOIGHT 2,383,574

LA TCH FOR HOSPITAL DOORS AND"THE LIKE Filed Nov.- 17, 1945 PatentedAug. 28, 1-945 2,383,574

2,383,574 a LATCH" FORZHOSPITAL'DOQRSLAN-D THELIKE'; 1 Henry, Voight;HamdenQConn. assignor w v Sargentdt-CompanmNewHaven,,-Conn.;a,cor

j lioratiomof'Connecticut I Application November 17, 1943;; serial-Nd.siesta... V I p I il'Claim. (c1.-292- '-'r*10*)=;f invention. relates toa latch for hospital upon.oppositessidiesrofithewdoorwherebythelatch.vdoorsrorth k dparticularly 1 w t bolt; maybe retracted and the. dooropened from may betermed a push-pull latch inthat the either'sidebyta.lpush-epullzoperation. latch bolt may be retracted by eitherapushor a hi l- 1 1 8 cti the inv n i -ls to pr pulloaction upona handleoroperatinelever arr a; door latchzof: the fly-D wherein n' ediattheioutsideofi the door; the hanrlie'arranged at: theoutside oftheidoor, It is: desirable to provide somef'orm ofil'atch-ing is: providedwithia free end; portion-spaced from device. forhospital doors an -thelike "to hold the door-sol thatdii m y e ne d- 11 1 e t er in closed:position On the other hand, 'sidevby'the foreaizmaorwristof anyone;desiring nurseszanct attendantsldesi-ring to-opensuehdoorsi0 penthedoorzoftemdoi nothave' them-handsfree to operate a To "these and; othenends,vthe invention relates lmobiorother door-handleowing'tothe fact that tothe novel features and combinations. ofi'parts y ight: becairying'artic'IeSi rr their hands to'beihereinaifiter described andclaimed.

which they: do-notr-wish to-set: down.- Therefore, Imthe: aeoompanymgdrawing-z itis; desirable toprovidea handleor otheroperah, Fig:isamedeeviEW oria portionofadoorproine" member of tllie'face of the doorsuch-that it uidedhwith a latohstructureembodying my immay :be. operatedby pressure of the arm orwrist, prominent;

andtit:is;also-veryadvantageousthafi-the-operat- Eig1: 2 .afironteelevational vievwof the latch 'ing. member be movable eitherdirection 'to' restructure and doorxhandle;

iu-acttheilatch boltthatvi's to-say'that the latch igoin. liligi. thisa. sectional .view: on line 3-3: of1Fig.- 2; bolt shouldbe retracted-bythe movement of the Figaii lti sz a sectionahviewon linei4:-4: of: Fig.2;

handle either towardwor away from the door. and I With such anvarrangement; anyone desirin to Rig. 5: is. aav-ievr the latchiboltstructure and enter a room mayiengage the-doorhandle with casing?wlthrtheucover of: theicasingziremoved to the wrist or forearm and pullit toward himself, '25: show the mterion constructiom, r 1ftherdooropendiii that direction, or push it-'Iloillustrateaiprefierrentembodimentof myintoward the door if the dooropens in the other v fi bnrfihava hawna portion .ofa door. I0 hav- 4direction, so that pressure in one direction orthe i o nte ere n a atchs I I provided ith other will both retract the latch bolt and serve to aface plate l2, th h Which pr a a h push or pull the door to openposition. bolt l3. The casing may be of generalcylindrical It iscontemplated by the present invention to form, as shown, 50 h i m einserted i a provide a door with a latch bolt to retain it in boreprovided through the edge of the door. closed position and provide, uponone or both The bolt I3 is provided with a tail or stem comfaces of thedoor, an operating handle which will prising a pair 'of spaced platelikemembers l4 and be provided with a free end spaced from the door 5,between W ch is i po ed a Spring is Which so that this end may beengaged by the wrist or acts against the bolt head at its forward endand forearm upon either side, and provide connections against a postllat its rear end, the post being between the handle and the latch bolt sothat the secured to the lock casing whereby the boltwill be bolt will beretracted whether the handle is pulled urged to protracted position.

in a direction away from the door or pushed 40 Between the members I4and I5, and p c d toward the door. re'aryvardly of the post I1, isrotatably mounted One object of the present invention is to provide ananti-friction roller I8, this roller being cara latch of novelconstruction for hospital doors ried by a pin I9 mounted in the spacedmembers or the like. l4 and I5 of the bolt stem. Rearwardly of the Astill further object of the invention is to proroller, these two membersmay be connected as at vide a latch for hospital doors or the likehaving 20 to provide rigidity to the stem.

a handle, pivotally mounted upon the face of the A bolt actuating memberor bar 2| extends door and designed to be moved toward or away throughthecase II and is mounted to slide transfrom the door, and connectionsbetween the hanversely of the case through openings 22 in the dle andlatch such that the latch will be 16- side walls thereof, these openingsbeing slightly tracted upon the movement of the handle in. wider thanthe thickness of the actuating bar so either direction. that the lattermay have a certain amount of I A still further object of the inventionis to provertical play. This bar is provided, adjacent its vide a. latchstructure of the character described, center, with a notch or recess 23of general wherein the handle mechanism will be duplicated v-shap d frm, within which the roller l8 nor-

